For twelve years I’ve driven a 1988 Toyota Corolla. It’s been a great little car, but bit by bit, it’s become…less functional. The AC never did work well, and in Tucson that’s pretty bad. We locked the keys in it shortly after getting it, and back before cell phones and also on our way to […]
Warning: please do NOT attempt to visit the Game On! diet website. My anti-virus software performs a smackdown every time I try. For that reason, none of the links below go to the official website. Last year some of my coworkers started playing the Game On! diet. I looked at it and decided to pass.
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The other day I grumbled my confusion on Twitter. I was looking at a nonfiction book on Amazon and most of the bad reviews were due to the author’s occasional use of the f-bomb. Let me say straight out–I use that word. I try to keep it to a minimum online because I know it
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I was looking at a book on Goodreads this morning, and followed a link to a list. Scrolled to the top to see what books exactly qualified, and saw SQUEE!!! Number one of 217 awesome books!
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Once in a while I mention a toxic friend I had to leave behind a few years ago. It was a clean break–I never see or talk to him anymore. But we were friends for a VERY LONG TIME. And we were friends through some very bad times, for him and for me. We held
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I work in a school. I’ve heard the reasons, both rational-sounding and not so much, behind not getting a student vaccinated.†That said, my child is vaccinated against everything that’s required and a few things that aren’t. I’ll tell you why. 1) Even if the research regarding vaccines causing autism was reliable (it’s not, see
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Reason #724 that I love the internet–because it lets me follow people I adore without being a stalker. Gotta love two awesome people being awesome on the internet. J. Michael Straczynski is the creator of Babylon 5, and much other greatness. Neil Gaiman is the author of Neverwhere and many other marvelous things. Last night,
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